Tetherless World Constellation

Was today introduced to RPI's Tetherless World Constellation.   Name too obscure.   " ... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a constellation of multidisciplinary researchers who study the scientific and engineering principles that underlie the Web, to enhance the Web's reach beyond the desktop and laptop computer, and develops new technologies and languages that expand the capabilities of the Web under three themes: Future Web, Xinformatics and Semantic Foundations. ... ".    Saw a presentation today on how they are working with Watson.   Instructive example.